minus-squarephar@lemmy.mltoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankingslinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·3 months agoI am not a programmer. But I have been using github as an end user for years, downloading programs I like and whatnot. Today I realized there are stars on github. Literally never even noticed. linkfedilink
minus-squarephar@lemmy.mltoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.ml•"why would i change my passwords?"linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI know I do this. Add another exclamation mark. linkfedilink
I am not a programmer. But I have been using github as an end user for years, downloading programs I like and whatnot. Today I realized there are stars on github. Literally never even noticed.